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  • nhgeektoPrivacyI'm reminded of how much I hate Google
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    1 year ago

    It’s a good control but you hate the way they implemented that control. I get it. It’s legitimate. I have to use Google for work so there is no escape. If I recall correctly (was many years ago), they wanted an SMS number before I could switch over to a proper authenticator.







  • nhgeektoEreaderEreader Comparison
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    1 year ago

    I recall seeing that someone authored a tool to deal with this on Kobo, but it seemed janky when I looked at it (sorry I don’t have a link handy). This is something the manufacturers should offer or, at a minimum, better support.


  • nhgeektoTechnologyHow the web became unreadable
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    1 year ago

    I worked for a startup in the 90s, pre-enshittification, that wanted to empower micropayments on the web. Obviously, even when mostly “frictionless”, users rejected the concept. Capitalism is going capitalize, but this is also the fault of users who demand “free”.



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    1 year ago

    Thanks for posting. One feature I find extremely handy is the ability to email documents to Kindle. Are some of the other platforms supporting this yet? It’s a very handy way to get books to my device from Calibre.